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The DiCecco Daily: Takeaways From Eagles Rookie Press Conferences · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Hey, what's happened? Everyone?
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  Speaker 2: Welcome into another episode of the check o'daly Andrew to
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  Speaker 2: check O, Eagles beat reporter for insidethbirds dot Com.
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  Speaker 1: The Eagles rookies.
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  Speaker 2: Met with us today at the Jefferson Health Training Complex.
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  Speaker 1: We spoke to all but one draft pick today and
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  Speaker 1: that was U. R. Bernard.
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  Speaker 2: He is expected to speak Friday, following the rookie mini
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  Speaker 2: camp and we will be in attendance for that. We'll
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  Speaker 2: get a chance to see a little bit of practice
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  Speaker 2: and we'll get a chance to see some tryout players
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  Speaker 2: and the numbers.
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  Speaker 1: That the rookies will be wearing.
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  Speaker 2: Speaking of rookies, Makaye Lemon, the Eagles first round pick,
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  Speaker 2: mentioned today that he will be wearing number nine and
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  Speaker 2: that was last worn, of course by Eagles quarterback Nick Foles,
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  Speaker 2: and Makayle Lemon was well aware of the history, said
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  Speaker 2: he spoke to Nick Foles on the phone and it
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  Speaker 2: was really interesting how that transpired because you could see
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  Speaker 2: the respect that he had for the Eagles history.
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  Speaker 1: He cited Nick Foles in the Super Bowl.
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  Speaker 2: Of course, he said he wanted to pass that number over,
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  Speaker 2: wanting to speak to me on the phone before anybody
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  Speaker 2: else told me. So I appreciate him and hopefully I
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  Speaker 2: can meet him soon. He's around the building. So there
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  Speaker 2: you have it there with Makaya Lemon. We'll see what
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  Speaker 2: the other numbers are tomorrow. Eli Stowers mentioned that he
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  Speaker 2: had just gotten there today a few hours prior to
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  Speaker 2: meeting with us, and he got his first taste of
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  Speaker 2: Philadelphia going to the Flyers game, which was Game four.
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  Speaker 2: They lost, but he got a chance to experience the
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  Speaker 2: energy in the city. And I think that is also
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  Speaker 2: notable when you're a young player. You get an experience
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  Speaker 2: and an exposure to the passion of the city, especially
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  Speaker 2: in a game of that magnitude.
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  Speaker 1: And yeah, I mean so that was Eli Stowers.
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  Speaker 2: Markel Bell mentioned that Jordan Malatta and Lane Johnson spoke
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  Speaker 2: to him where they reached out after he got drafted.
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  Speaker 2: They say congratulations, good to work with you. Also shared
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  Speaker 2: that he had a basketball background. In ninth and tenth grade,
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  Speaker 2: he played basketball. He's been playing football since he was
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  Speaker 2: in seventh grade, and he ended up stopping basketball after
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  Speaker 2: tenth grade to gain weight. But he had some nice
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  Speaker 2: things to say about Jordan Malata in particular, and my
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  Speaker 2: lot is interesting because he kind of emulates or they
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  Speaker 2: kind of mirror one another with their athletic traits.
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  Speaker 1: And one thing that he said was that Jordan, he's
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  Speaker 1: a big guy. He's his own player. He's a big freak.
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  Speaker 2: And one thing I admire about him is the way
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  Speaker 2: he moves, the way he anchors his own power and
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  Speaker 2: just plays his game.
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  Speaker 1: So that's kind of the attitude I take.
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  Speaker 2: I just play my own game, be who I am.
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  Speaker 2: With Lane and Jordan specifically, he said, I've talked a
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  Speaker 2: little bit to them. They both reached out on draft
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  Speaker 2: night and se congratulations, good to work with you. I'm
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  Speaker 2: just ready to get right beside them, be a sponge
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  Speaker 2: and learn everything.
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  Speaker 1: I can from two great vets.
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  Speaker 2: As for what the last week has been like for him,
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  Speaker 2: he said, just first getting the phone call was a blessing.
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  Speaker 2: It was a dream come true. But I've obviously just
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  Speaker 2: been getting my mind ready to come to.
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  Speaker 1: Work, that's all. And the work starts tomorrow. That was
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  Speaker 1: Mark hil Bell.
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  Speaker 2: Then you look at some of the Day three guys,
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  Speaker 2: Cole Peyton, I thought that it was interesting what he
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  Speaker 2: had to say, and when I asked him about North
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  Speaker 2: Dakota State, looking back on his career, where does he
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  Speaker 2: feel that he's grown the most. And he talked about
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  Speaker 2: his mechanics and that he's been working with Jake Heaps
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  Speaker 2: during the pre draft process and offered some insight into that.
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  Speaker 2: I think he's going to be a really fun player
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  Speaker 2: to watch in training camp to see how he develops
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  Speaker 2: and grows because he does have unique ability. It might
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  Speaker 2: take some time to develop him, but the Eagles are
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  Speaker 2: a good spot for this to happen.
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  Speaker 1: And so that was Cole Peyton. Then you get to
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  Speaker 1: later on in the draft.
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  Speaker 2: Mackay or I'm sorry, Micah Morris from Georgia.
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  Speaker 1: I thought he was really interesting.
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  Speaker 2: He mentioned seeing, you know, hearing from Jaywen Carter and
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  Speaker 2: Nolan Smith and Jordan Davis and them remarking about how
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  Speaker 2: different he looks. He does have some athletic upside and
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  Speaker 2: it's pretty light on his feet. He's a He was
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  Speaker 2: a really good interview. I think he's gonna be somebody
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  Speaker 2: that has a big personality and really is able to
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  Speaker 2: to become more comfortable as the season wears on. But
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  Speaker 2: I was really impressed with him at the podium for
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  Speaker 2: the first time. And then you get to Cole Wasnewski
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  Speaker 2: the safety from Texas Tech, who the Eagles drafted two four,
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  Speaker 2: and he mentioned Vic Fangio being sort of the godfather
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  Speaker 2: of the too high two shell defense, and I thought
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  Speaker 2: that that was really interesting because speaking to Rob Green,
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  Speaker 2: the coach his position coach at Texas Tech and defensive coordinator,
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  Speaker 2: he said, you know, I've never run the Fangio system,
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  Speaker 2: but he was aware of it and he feels that
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  Speaker 2: Cole will be a really good fit within that system.
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  Speaker 2: And I also should note that Cole Peyton and they
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  Speaker 2: overlapped at North Dakota State. He sort of highlighted Colewznowski's
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  Speaker 2: football IQ and that.
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  Speaker 1: Keeps popping up every time.
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  Speaker 2: You hear about Colewznwski is that he does have that
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  Speaker 2: football IQ. And I think that's going to sort of
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  Speaker 2: lend itself to him getting off to a faster start,
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  Speaker 2: being able to learn that defense and process things.
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  Speaker 1: Then, hey, he called him the godfather of the two
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  Speaker 1: high shell defense. That's what he said there.
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  Speaker 2: And Eli Stowers on offensive coordinator Sean Mannion, he said,
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  Speaker 2: he's a really smart mind. I can tell that it's
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  Speaker 2: going to be a really good scheme and that we're
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  Speaker 2: going to be able to make some really good plays
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  Speaker 2: and our offense is going to be powerful because of him.
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  Speaker 2: Wouldn't elaborate too much on the details, and that's understandable.
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  Speaker 1: You don't want to give away too much or tip
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  Speaker 1: your hand. But he feels like there's going to be
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  Speaker 1: plays to be.
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  Speaker 2: Made, and I would imagine that that's going to be
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  Speaker 2: the case there with Sewn Mannion should also add that
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  Speaker 2: Makai Lemon signed his rookie deal, a four year deal,
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  Speaker 2: and he was at the time the first rookie of
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  Speaker 2: this draft class to sign his rookie deal, which was notable.
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  Speaker 1: He got it out of the way. You can focus
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  Speaker 1: on football.
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  Speaker 2: Now, and it was a four year deal, fully guaranteed,
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  Speaker 2: that includes an eleven and a half million dollars signing bonus,
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  Speaker 2: and so that's.
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  Speaker 1: Good to have the first round pick locked up. Cole
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  Speaker 1: wasnwski we covered.
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  Speaker 2: And then you get to who r Bernard, who, as
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  Speaker 2: I mentioned, will be speaking to him on Friday after practice.
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  Speaker 2: Really looking forward to that one in particular, first day
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  Speaker 2: doing anything football related with in a competitive environment, and
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  Speaker 2: I'm very interested to hear his perspective on all that.
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  Speaker 2: And then we got to speak to Kei Shawn James
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  Speaker 2: Nuby for the first time. I like his personality, I
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  Speaker 2: like him. He talked about his explosiveness, his quickness. This
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  Speaker 2: is someone who ran a four or five to three,
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  Speaker 2: he bounced around to different schools, offered perspective on what
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  Speaker 2: that was like for him. And you know, he's not
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  Speaker 2: a power rusher, but he's someone that I think deserves
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  Speaker 2: an opportunity here before he's written off about being a
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  Speaker 2: long shot to make the roster.
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  Speaker 1: He has a unique skill set.
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  Speaker 2: You kind of compare it to Antoine Powell Island of
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  Speaker 2: last summer, and it's not.
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  Speaker 1: You don't have to squint see some similarities.
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  Speaker 2: Now, Powell Ryland was very productive at Virginia Tech, even
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  Speaker 2: more so than Keishawn James Newby at any of his
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  Speaker 2: stops combined. But you know their late round picks with
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  Speaker 2: pass rush upside. And that was our first opportunity to
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  Speaker 2: talk to him. As I mentioned, tomorrow first day of
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  Speaker 2: rookie Mini Camp, that'll be May first and May second.
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  Speaker 2: We'll get a chance to get a look at the
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  Speaker 2: at the rookies, see them do some individual drills and
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  Speaker 2: also see what numbers they're wearing. And what's interesting about
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  Speaker 2: rookie Mini camp is that's where you get the full
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  Speaker 2: the full rundown of the tryout players.
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  Speaker 1: You see some names leaked here.
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  Speaker 2: And there, but that's really where you get that that
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  Speaker 2: that information. So a lot going on in in Eagles Lands,
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  Speaker 2: and yeah, I mean there, there's there's a lot to
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  Speaker 2: look forward to because then there's gonna be OTAs.
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  Speaker 1: And then after that you have mandatory Mini camp.
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  Speaker 2: Things move fast and furious in the NFL, and before
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  Speaker 2: you know it will be in mandatory mini camp and
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  Speaker 2: then there's that brief low for a little bit and
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  Speaker 2: then it's training camp. So I'm looking at this roster
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  Speaker 2: and zooming out. There are very few holes.
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  Speaker 1: There's a lot of intriguing pieces there.
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  Speaker 2: There's a lot of constants and stability with veterans and
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  Speaker 2: big time playmakers. What I'm most fascinated with, of course,
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  Speaker 2: is to see how the offensive coordinator Sean Mannion and
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  Speaker 2: his coaches are able to involve these young players, what
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  Speaker 2: the offense is ultimately going to look like, implementing the
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  Speaker 2: quarterback into this and ultimately trying to get this offense
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  Speaker 2: off the ground and modernize it as it's expected to look.
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  Speaker 1: So for now, that's going to do it.
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  Speaker 2: For this episode of The Checho Daily, I'm Andrew Decheco,
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  Speaker 2: and I'll catch you all on the next one.